eration. output : ndarray, optional Array of the same shape as input, into which the output is placed. By default, a new array is created. border_value : int (cast to 0 or 1), optional Value at the border in the output array. origin : int or tuple of ints, optional Placement of the filter, by default 0. brute_force : boolean, optional Memory condition: if False, only the pixels whose value was changed in the last iteration are tracked as candidates to be updated (dilated) in the current iteration; if True all pixels are considered as candidates for dilation, regardless of what happened in the previous iteration. False by default. axes : tuple of int or None The axes over which to apply the filter. If None, `input` is filtered along all axes. If an `origin` tuple is provided, its length must match the number of axes. Returns ------- binary_dilation : ndarray of bools Dilation of the input by the structuring element. See Also -------- grey_dilation, binary_erosion, binary_closing, binary_opening, generate_binary_structure Notes ----- Dilation [1]_ is a mathematical morphology operation [2]_ that uses a structuring element for expanding the shapes in an image. The binary dilation of an image by a structuring element is the locus of the points covered by the structuring element, when its center lies within the non-zero points of the image. References ---------- .. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilation_%28morphology%29 .. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_morphology Examples -------- >>> from scipy import ndimage >>> import numpy as np >>> a = np.zeros((5, 5)) >>> a[2, 2] = 1 >>> a array([[ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 1., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.]]) >>> ndimage.binary_dilation(a) array([[False, False, False, False, False], [False, False, True, False, False], [False, True, True, True, False], [False, False, True, False, False], [False, False, False, False, False]], dtype=bool) >>> ndimage.binary_dilation(a).astype(a.dtype) array([[ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 1., 0., 0.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 0., 0., 1., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.]]) >>> # 3x3 structuring element with connectivity 1, used by default >>> struct1 = ndimage.generate_binary_structure(2, 1) >>> struct1 array([[False, True, False], [ True, True, True], [False, True, False]], dtype=bool) >>> # 3x3 structuring element with connectivity 2 >>> struct2 = ndimage.generate_binary_structure(2, 2) >>> struct2 array([[ True, True, True], [ True, True, True], [ True, True, True]], dtype=bool) >>> ndimage.binary_dilation(a, structure=struct1).astype(a.dtype) array([[ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 1., 0., 0.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 0., 0., 1., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.]]) >>> ndimage.binary_dilation(a, structure=struct2).astype(a.dtype) array([[ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.]]) >>> ndimage.binary_dilation(a, structure=struct1,\ ... iterations=2).astype(a.dtype) array([[ 0., 0., 1., 0., 0.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 1., 1., 1., 1., 1.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 0., 0., 1., 0., 0.]]) Nr